In 2015, the Commission identified eleven tasks (Tasks i to xi) for ongoing consideration by the Intersessional Correspondence Group – Sustainable Financing (CCAMLR-XXXIV, paragraph 4.5).  In early 2016, noting specific direction from the Commission regarding additional consideration of the administrative component of notification fees (see CCAMLR-XXXV/11), the ICG-SF, using the Commission’s website e-group facility, identified tasks for consideration during the 2015/16 intersessional period.  Task (ii) was selected as one of those tasks to be started during 2016.  This paper presents the results of work undertaken during 2016 in relation to this task.

SCAF is invited to review this report.  It is also invited to provide advice and recommendations in relation to any future work that might be considered appropriate in relation to the economics of harvests associated with CCAMLR fisheries.

This paper provides a summary of matters relating to the Secretariat’s support for fishery notification processes and associated costs considered by the Intersessional Correspondence Group – Sustainable Financing (ICG-SF) during the 2015/16 intersessional period.

A summary of the work undertaken in relation to tasks identified at CCAMLR-XXXIV for the attention of the Intersessional Contact Group – Sustainable Financing (ICG-SF) during 2015/16 is presented.  Key outcomes included (i) a preliminary assessment of the economic value of marine resources harvested by CCAMLR-managed fisheries, (ii) further consideration of the administrative component of notification fees, and (iii) a proposed revision for the presentation of budgets.  

This document is devoted to studying species composition, spatial and vertical distributions, size composition and abundance of morids in the CCAMLR and adjacent areas. The main goal is to conserve these fishes and prevent them from disturbance in the Antarctic waters. This will be done by detection of areas and depths of their aggregations, by reveal of presence/absence of spatial and vertical migrations and by study of their seasonal and multi-annual variations. Results will be used for preparation of conservation measures allowing for preservation these vulnerable by-catch species from irreparable harm of destructive fishing.

Lipid metabolism and indices of oxidation processes obtained during examination of specimens of Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni (Perciformes: Nototheniidae) caught in the Ross Sea are given. Blood plasma, tissues mesonephric kidney, liver and spleen were studied for the content of total lipids and lipid composition, products of lipid peroxidation and level of antioxidant protection. Biochemical status of immune organs depending on the structural and functional characteristics of tissues was established.Lipid metabolism and indices of oxidation processes obtained during examination of specimens of Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni (Perciformes: Nototheniidae) caught in the Ross Sea are given. Blood plasma, tissues mesonephric kidney, liver and spleen were studied for the content of total lipids and lipid composition, products of lipid peroxidation and level of antioxidant protection. Biochemical status of immune organs depending on the structural and functional characteristics of tissues was established.

The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937) is one of the main target species of commercial fisheries in the Antarctic. It is an endemic and is found along the shelf of Antarctica, as well as on the slopes of seamounts, underwater elevations and islands in the sub-Antarctic. It feeds on a variety of fish and cephalopods and can be an intermediate/paratenic host of some helminthes, whose final hosts are whales, seals, large rays and sharks. This article presents new data on toothfish infection in the Pacific sector of the Antarctic. Specimens were examined during commercial longline fishing in the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea in January-February 2013. Fourteen species of parasites were found using standard parasitological methods and genetic analysis.